Re: [RFR] Templates for package smbind
Giuseppe Iuculano wrote:
> As suggested by Christian Perrier, I kindly ask for a review of
> templates for smbind package.
Not much work for me here.
> Template: smbind/password1
> Type: password
> _Description: admin password:
> Please choose the admin password.
I would suggest making this slightly more explicit, since this
template may appear as the 47th of 62 questions in a big upgrade...
Please choose a password for the Smbind administrator.
(Is there a canonical capitalisation? Upstream seem at least to
permit this style.)
> Template: smbind/password2
> Type: password
> _Description: Confirm password:
> Please enter the admin password again to verify that
> you have typed it correctly.
>
> Template: smbind/password_mismatch
> Type: note
> _Description: Password mismatch
> The two passwords you entered were not the same. Please try again.
>
> Template: smbind/reconfigure-webserver
> Type: multiselect
> __Choices: apache2, lighttpd
> Default: apache2, lighttpd
> _Description: Web server(s) to configure automatically:
> smbind supports any web server supported by PHP, however only
> Apache 2 and lighttpd can be configured automatically.
Style guides don't like comma-spliced "however" - use "but":
Smbind supports any web server supported by PHP, but only
> .
> Please select the web server(s) that should be configured
> automatically for smbind.
(Wait, I can select both? Okay, I suppose so...)
> Template: smbind/restart-webserver
> Type: boolean
> Default: false
> _Description: Should ${webserver} be restarted?
> Remember that in order to activate the new configuration
> ${webserver} has to be restarted. You can also restart ${webserver}
> by manually executing invoke-rc.d ${webserver} restart.
Is this maybe too much information? The English is okay, though.
--
JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package
--- templates.orig 2010-03-11 23:32:52.000000000 +0000
+++ templates 2010-03-11 23:42:05.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
Template: smbind/password1
Type: password
_Description: admin password:
- Please choose the admin password.
+ Please choose a password for the Smbind administrator.
Template: smbind/password2
Type: password
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
__Choices: apache2, lighttpd
Default: apache2, lighttpd
_Description: Web server(s) to configure automatically:
- smbind supports any web server supported by PHP, however only
+ Smbind supports any web server supported by PHP, but only
Apache 2 and lighttpd can be configured automatically.
.
Please select the web server(s) that should be configured
- automatically for smbind.
+ automatically for Smbind.
Template: smbind/restart-webserver
Type: boolean
Template: smbind/password1
Type: password
_Description: admin password:
Please choose a password for the Smbind administrator.
Template: smbind/password2
Type: password
_Description: Confirm password:
Please enter the admin password again to verify that
you have typed it correctly.
Template: smbind/password_mismatch
Type: note
_Description: Password mismatch
The two passwords you entered were not the same. Please try again.
Template: smbind/reconfigure-webserver
Type: multiselect
__Choices: apache2, lighttpd
Default: apache2, lighttpd
_Description: Web server(s) to configure automatically:
Smbind supports any web server supported by PHP, but only
Apache 2 and lighttpd can be configured automatically.
.
Please select the web server(s) that should be configured
automatically for Smbind.
Template: smbind/restart-webserver
Type: boolean
Default: false
_Description: Should ${webserver} be restarted?
Remember that in order to activate the new configuration
${webserver} has to be restarted. You can also restart ${webserver}
by manually executing invoke-rc.d ${webserver} restart.
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